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Brigadier Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, KC, SC, SM, VSM is a former Indian Army officer of the 21 Para (SF) and an avid mountaineer. He is one of Indian Army's most decorated officers, with one war-time gallantry award and two peace-time gallantry awards to his name.
It is located near Amarsar which was the capital of Maharao Shekhaji, precursor of all Shekhawat rajputs. It is also called Deorala and Divrala. It is also called Deorala and Divrala. It became infamous because of the Sati incident that took place on 4 September 1987.
A much-publicised later investigation led to the arrest of a large number of people from Deorala, said to have been present in the ceremony including Roop’s father-in-law Sumer Singh, and three other relatives on charges of murder and abetting suicide. [1] Eventually, 11 people, including state politicians, were charged with glorification of ...
Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) is an inmate-initiated and inmate-led group in the United States prison system and is located at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino, CA. This group provides a setting for incarcerated women to share their past experiences of victimization and to discuss their legal cases.
An undocumented immigrant was charged with setting a woman on fire, killing her, as she slept in the New York City subway -- a horrific alleged crime that officials called "beyond comprehension."
Sehrawat has been actively involved in advocating for women's empowerment and has led various campaigns and programs aimed at improving the status of women in society. [10] Serving as the president of the BJP Delhi Mahila Morcha, she concentrated on increasing women's involvement in politics and ensuring their representation across different ...
In May 2018, reports of repeated sexual abuse of inmates at a short-stay home in Muzaffarpur, India, surfaced after Mumbai’s Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) carried out a social audit of shelter homes across Bihar for 2017. The audit report pointed to sexual abuse of girls at the Muzaffarpur short-stay home.
These cases highlight the vulnerability of women in conflict-affected areas and the challenges they face in seeking justice. One such case involved the rape of a 12-year-old girl by an army jawan [ 99 ] in Assam's Baksa district in 2015.